find-all-symbols

find-all-symbols Function

Syntax:

find-all-symbols string → symbols

Arguments and Values:

string—a string designator .

symbols—a list of symbols.

Description:

find-all-symbols searches every registered package for symbols that have a name that is the same (under string=) as string. A list of all such symbols is returned. Whether or how the list is ordered is implementation-dependent.

Examples:

(find-all-symbols ’car) 
→ (CAR) 
<i><sup>or</sup>→</i> (CAR VEHICLES:CAR) 
<i><sup>or</sup>→</i> (VEHICLES:CAR CAR) 
(intern "CAR" (make-package ’temp :use nil)) → TEMP::CAR, NIL 
(find-all-symbols ’car) 
→ (TEMP::CAR CAR) 
<i><sup>or</sup>→</i> (CAR TEMP::CAR) 
<i><sup>or</sup>→</i> (TEMP::CAR CAR VEHICLES:CAR) 
<i><sup>or</sup>→</i> (CAR TEMP::CAR VEHICLES:CAR) 

See Also:

find-symbol

Expanded Reference: find-all-symbols

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